Uneven runway surface to blame for plane crash in Mount Pleasant pond, NTSB report says
A Cirrus SR22T personal plane made a crash landing in the Mount Pleasant Raven’s Run community on the evening of March 31, 2026. An investigation report from the National Transportation Safety Board found uneven ground on the runway the plane was taking off from led to it careening into the water. The National Transportation Safety Board released its report on a March plane crash that resulted in the aircraft careening into a Mount Pleasant pond, citing an uneven runway for the accident. Berkeley and Dorchester Metro Reporter Komlavi Adissem is a metro reporter covering Berkeley and Dorchester counties. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri, where he covered city, county, and state government for the Columbia Missourian.
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Shortly before 8 p.m. on March 31, a flight instructor and student pilot had taken off from a private runway in the Raven’s Run neighborhood adjacent to the Isle of Palms connector, according to prior reporting .